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rubixibuc
rubixibuc

Reputation: 7397

Structs and Cuda C

I don't recall being able to add constructors and overloaded operators to structs in plain C. In a book I'm reading it uses both in an example of CUDA C.

If there are any differences between structs in C and CUDA C, what would be a general explanation of them? In the book they use C++ style structs in CUDA C.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 632

Answers (2)

user2781466
user2781466

Reputation: 46

1) C struct can only contain data member, but CUDA C is more like the C++ style class which can contain functions etc.

2) Only major difference between CUDA struct and CUDA class is that in the former all members are public by default.

Upvotes: 3

Mikhail
Mikhail

Reputation: 8028

CUDA C is really CUDA C++ and relies on a C++ compiler.

From experience nvcc has trouble compiling actual C code (for the same reason a C++ compiler might).

There once was a --host-compilation option that switched the compiler from C to C++ but it never worked. (see here)

Upvotes: 2

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